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“I had literally forgotten what happiness was, and the full mind”

Posted on March 18, 2018 by mafalda

[Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 6, 1891.] To Bob Stevenson [Colvin 1911, 3, pp. 10-12] Saranac Lake, Adirondacks, New York, U.S.A. [Early October 1887] … Continue reading →

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“Home Rule, if you like”

Posted on December 23, 2017 by mafalda

The following sets forth the pros and cons which were balancing each other in RLS’s mind in regard to his scheme of going to make a stand in his own person against agrarian outrage in Ireland, under the Conservative Government … Continue reading →

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A childish treble note that sounds in my ears freshly; not song, if you will, but a child’s voice

Posted on September 4, 2016 by mafalda

[As usual, dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew 5, 1403.] To Edmund Gosse [Colvin 1911, 2, pp. 269-272] Bonallie Tower, Bournemouth, March 12, 1885 My … Continue reading →

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A long-shore story

Posted on April 15, 2015 by mafalda

W.E. Henley had written praising ‘The Merry Men’ and made some criticisms about the story as drafted in MS. [Dots between square brackets indicate cuts made by Sidney Colvin. For full, correct and critical edition of this letter, see Mehew … Continue reading →

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I shall make an article of it some day soon

Posted on August 24, 2014 by mafalda

Fontainebleau is the paper called Forest Notes which appeared in the Cornhill Magazine, edited by Sir Leslie Stephen, in May 1876 (and then reprinted in Essays of Travel). The Winter’s Walk, one of the most charming of RLS’s essays, was … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: glory

“I had literally forgotten what happiness was, and the full mind”

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“Home Rule, if you like”

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A childish treble note that sounds in my ears freshly; not song, if you will, but a child’s voice

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A long-shore story

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I shall make an article of it some day soon

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